HONG KONG)Hong Kong and the New Territories. Third Edition. Refer to this map as G.S.G.S. 3961 HONG KONG. North Sheet Third Edition. War Office. 1936. 1949. - Color map, approximately 27 x 25 inches on sheet size 31 1/2 x 42 inches (97 x 60 cm), folded as issued to 8 x 4 1/2 inches. One short separation at right centre fold edge, overall very good, clean, crisp condition. At a scale of 1:80,000, this map of Hong Kong provides great detail of Hong Kong and surrounding islands and the New Territories. A note in the legend at lower right states: "the area of Chinese territory on this sheet is compiled from material of doubtful value, but is probably a fair general representation of the country." The topography is indicated with contour lines. Printed at lower left "Geographical Section, General Staff, No. 3961, Published by War Office, 1936. 3rd Edition (Grid Correction) 1946." Printed at lower right "Reprinted from HIND 1015, Mar. 1946 Edition, by O.S. 1949." At lower left is a further notation "6,000/3/52" suggesting a 1952 printing date.

THOMAS, DylanTWENTY-FIVE POEMS Dent , 1936. Dent , 1936. First edition. Grey paper covered boards with blue titles to the spine, in grey dustwrapper printed in black and blue. A fine copy, with an ownership name to the front end paper, in a fine dustwrapper, showing just the most minor wear to the head of the spine. The author&#39;s second book of verse, issued in an edition of only 730 copies. Rolf B3

William FaulknerAbsalom Absalom Random House 1936 - Random House, New York 1936. First Edition / First Printing. Dated 1936 with no additional printings listed as required. Black cloth boards with gold lettering. Top edge red. Folding map at the rear of Jefferson and Yoknapatawpha County. {ref: McBride, Petersen A17c}. Rare. Book Condition: Very Good+, clean boards and spine, clean pages. Tight spine, short tear at the cloth spine, light age toning at the endpaper. Mildly hinged at the front endpaper. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-, wrapped in a new removable mylar cover. Original jacket priced at $2.50 at the front flap, shelf wear, chipping. Tape at the jacket spine, darkening at the rear panel. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

WAUGH, EvelynWaugh in Abyssinia London: Longmans, Green and Co.,, 1936. London: Longmans, Green and Co.,, 1936. Octavo ( 220 x 140 mm). Recent burgundy morocco, raised bands, gilt titles to spine, single rule to covers gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Occasional light spotting to pages, a very good copy. First edition, first impression. With the author&#39;s signed inscription to the front free endpaper, "Tom with best wishes from Evelyn". Waugh was very particular about how this early travel book was to be received. He had given the publishers quite specific admonitions about text they were to use however, as he wrote in his diary "Saturday 17 October 1936 Went to Longman Green to find they had composed a blurb giving exactly the impression of W. in A. which I had tried to supress." And again on Monday 19 October 1936. "...to London to make row with Longman Green. Was quite unnecessarily truculent." The upshot of his "row" was a new blurb was printed and pasted over the offending text on the front flap f the dust jacket.

Margaret MitchellGone With the Wind Macmillan. Gone with the Wind1936, MacmillanFirst printing dust jacketSIGNED BY MARGARET MITCHELLFirst printing book with "MAY 1936"Book condition: One of the best to be had. Hinges and binding tight with no cracking. Minor blemishes to boards. Light darkening around edges of back board and on the spine. Text free and clear of underlining and marks. Signed by Mitchell on the first flyleaf. True first edition in true first issue jacket.Dust jacket: First printing dust jacket with "Gone with the Wind" advertised in the right column of the rear panel. All subsequent printings have the book listed in the left column. The price is clipped, but the aforementioned issue point is enough of an identify the jacket as the true first. Jacket is good overall. Vertical and horizontal tear on spine has been repaired with clear archival tape on verso, which does not appear in front. Tape also appears on interior of one jacket fold. Some other wear. Extremely rare jacket which presents nicely. The signature has been compared with verified signatures of Mitchell under magnification.

[Juvenile] (The Three Little Pigs) Moscow & Leningrad: Detizdat Komsomol, 1936. Moscow & Leningrad: Detizdat Komsomol, 1936. Octavo. A Russian edition of Walt Disney&#39;s Three Little Pigs, published by the Children&#39;s Publishing House of the Komsomol Central Committee, part of the Communist Party. With nine full-page black & white illustrations, and several smaller vignettes throughout. Inspired by Walt Disney&#39;s wildly popular Silly Symphony of the same title, the original, American edition of The Three Little Pigs was ghostwritten by Ruth Plumly Thompson, best known for her contributions to the Oz series, and published in 1933 by Blue Ribbon Books. The story was translated into Russian by the award-winning poet and children&#39;s author Sergey Mikhalkov, who also penned Russia&#39;s national anthem on three separate occasions. This Russian edition does not have all of the illustrations from the original 1933 Disney book, which was illustrated in color, and the illustrations are mirrored in orientation. Together with a miniature version of the same book, published in 1938. The miniature version has six full-page illustrations, printed in color. In his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee, Walt Disney noted that although the Soviet Union refused to purchase most Disney films, saying that "they didn&#39;t suit their purposes," the nation did acquire The Three Little Pigs and showed it throughout the country. The Komsomol Children&#39;s Publishing House capitalized on the movie&#39;s popularity and success by releasing these two books. Both books in illustrated yellow wrappers. Some wear to larger book, and ownership inscription to rear cover of miniature book, else remarkably fine condition for such an ephemeral item. (Miniature book measures 2 7/8 by 2 3/8 inches).

JOYCE, James |Ulysses , [1936]. [1936]. One of 100 Copies Signed By James JoyceBinding Designed by Eric GillThe Most Beautiful Edition Yet PublishedJOYCE, James. Ulysses. London: John Lane The Bodley Head, [1936]. First edition printed in England, one of 100 copies on mould-made paper bound in calf vellum and numbered and signed by the author, this being copy no. 49 of a total edition of 1000. Tall octavo (10 1/8 x 7 3/8 in; 256 x 186 mm). xiii, [3], 765, [1] pp. Title page printed in blue, save for author&#39;s name. Published October 3, 1936 at £6 6s.Publisher&#39;s cream vellum designed by Eric Gill with gilt Homeric bow to boards, gilt lettering to spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Publisher&#39;s prospectus laid-in. Minimal soiling to vellum, otherwise a fine copy. Housed in a later morocco-edged cloth slipcase.Published October 3, 1936 at £6 6s (copies 101-1000, unsigned in cloth, at £3 3s). "The text of this edition is based upon that of the Odyssey Press edition [1932], second impression, but at least two dozen typographical errors have been noted which have not been corrected in later John Lane editions" (Slocum).Includes appendices, International Protest and Injunction against Samuel Roth; letter from Joyce to Bennett Cerf dated April 2, 1932; text of the decision by Hon. John M. Woolsey lifting the ban on Ulysses dated December 6, 1933; decision of the United States Court of Appeals rendered August 7, 1934; foreword to the first American edition by Morris L. Ernst; Bibliography of the Works by Mr. James Joyce."As a literary feat, an example of virtuosity in narration and language, it is an astounding creation. Nobody who knows anything about writing can read the book and deny its author, not merely talent, but sheer genius" (J.B. Preistley, Clarion, April 28, 1934).Banned in the United States due to its supposed "obscene" content until 1934, the novel recounts a day in the life of Leopold Bloom, twenty-four hours in which all of the action of Ulysses occurs, in Dublin, June 16, 1904. Considered to be the literary masterpiece of the twentieth century, Ulysses is arguably the most written about book ever, second only to the Bible. It is certainly one of the most intimidating books ever written, so it is said. Yet Marilyn Monroe read it (there is a famous photograph of her outdoors in a park engrossed in it) and was a fan. "Ulysses is a clearinghouse of historical facts, religious and philosophical ephemera, and clever-boots witticisms. Ulysses is also a variety show of the sexual and excretory; the denouement is the book&#39;s two main characters drunkenly pissing side by side under the &#39;heaventree of stars,&#39; a first I&#39;m sure. The novel is a perfect mix of highbrow and lowbrow, of poetry and patter, the very same flavour we love in our Shakespeare, who also happens to permeate much of Ulysses. Both Shakespeare and Joyce are industrial-grade humanists who devote every page to the study and celebration of us - smart, dumb, middling, fair, no matter" (D.H., Why You Should Read This Book, The Economist June 16, 2012). This edition, with its appendices, is quite desirable. In this, the deluxe issue, it is a must for Joyce collectors - the most beautiful edition yet published. Slocum 23.

Gardner, Erle StanleyTHE CASE OF THE STUTTERING BISHOP (Presentation Copy of the First Edition) New York: William Morrow, 1936. New York: William Morrow, 1936. Gardner, Erle Stanley. THE CASE OF THE STUTTERING BISHOP. New York: William Morrow, 1936. First Edition, first printing. An exceptionally bright Near Fine copy (endpapers a little browned) in a Very Good Plus example of the ORIGINAL PRICED ($2.00) DUST JACKET. The jacket has a chip at the top of the spine (which affects no lettering) and some very light chipping to the back panel; there is a little bit of wear to spine panel but the panel has retained its bright red color without any fading whatsoever. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR in the year of publication and ADDITIONALLY SIGNED ("with love") BY JEAN PLETHELL, Gardner&#39;s secretary and later his wife. Gardner&#39;s inscription reads thus: "To Tee Rose, who is a part of the Gardner Fiction Family, with lots of love from the whole gang - and best wishes for a much deserved success. Yours all around, Erle Stanley Gardner, August 1936." Tee Rose, a young writer from San Francisco, became a lifelong friend of ESG and she always received his latest book in the mail immediately upon its publication. We have in stock quite a few of his presentation copies to her from 1934 to the early 1960s. THE CASE OF THE STUTTERING BISHOP is the seventh mystery in Gardner&#39;s Perry Mason series. Mason gets a telephone call from a man who identifies himself as Anglican Bishop William Mallory, recently returned from many years in Australia, and tells Mason that he will testify on the behalf of Mason&#39;s client, if Mason can find him. But Mason observes that a bishop who has delivered many sermons is unlikely to stutter.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus.

[Lead Belly, pseudonym for Huddie Ledbetter] Lomax, John A. and Alan Lomax (transcribed, selected and edited by)Negro Folk Songs as Sung By Lead Belly, &#39;King of the Twelve-String Guitar Players of the World,&#39; Long-Time Convict in the Penetentiaries of Texas and Louisiana New York: MacMillan Co., 1936. New York: MacMillan Co., 1936. First Edition. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. xiv, 242 pages. The first 64-pages of this book are devoted to Lead Belly&#39;s biography, mostly phonetically transcribed from Lead Belly&#39;s own account of his life, growing up poor and living on the edge of poverty and violence and eventually landing in prison. The remainder of the book transcribes several dozen of his songs, with musical notation and commentary by the Lomaxes. The Lomaxes, father and son, discovered Huddie (HUGH-die) Ledbetter, who everyone called Lead Belly (only later condensed into one word), at Angola State Prison, in Louisiana, where he was frequently trotted out to entertain visitors. In their travels across the country recording traditional music for the Library of Congress, they had met many talented performers, but no one with the powerful personality, musical gift, or the extensive repertoire of folk songs of Lead Belly. After Lead Belly&#39;s release from prison in 1934 (which may or may not have been assisted by the Lomaxes&#39; recording of his plea for clemancy in ballad form), the Lomaxes sought to manage Lead Belly&#39;s career as a performer. They knew a lot about music but little about the music business, and the relationship had fallen apart even before this book--which must have been seen as part of their effort to promote Lead Belly&#39;s performances--was published. A commercial flop, receiving a long, condescending review in the New York Times, the book still stands as one of the most substantial biographies of a black musician to be published before the Second World War. Lead Belly spent the last fifteen years of his life performing, influencing the white folk music scence, blues, and eventually rock &#39;n&#39; roll. An indisputably important book. First edition (first printing). A much-nicer-than-usual copy. Cloth covers shellacked, perhaps as a preservation effort, and indeed, they show almost no wear. The dust jacket has minor loss at the folds and a few creases, but is generally very good or better. The orange dots on the spine and a narrow strip of the front cover have faded to yellow, as usual. Scarce in nice condition. The back of the jacket, incidentally, advertises other new Macmillan books, including Gone with the Wind.

Stevens, WallaceIdeas of Order New York: Alfred Knopf, 1936 New York: Alfred Knopf, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition of the poet's second collection. Faint toning at spine else a beautiful fine copy in second state peach boards. Near fine unrestored dustwrapper with $2.00 price on inside front flap. One tiny chip at top of front panel. A collector's copy.

Thomsen, J.J. (Joseph John).Recollections and Reflections. London, G.Bell and Sons, 1936.. 8°. VIII, 451 pages. Portrait-Frontispiece of Sir J. J. Thomsen after a painting of Fiddes Watt. Original Hardcover (blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine). One corner bumped. Inscribed by Nobel laureate J.J.Thomsen: "J.Thornely - From the Author - Jan: 1937". Sir Joseph John "J. J." Thomson, OM, FRS (18 December 1856 - 30 August 1940) was a British physicist and Nobel laureate. He is credited for the discovery of the electron and of isotopes, and the invention of the mass spectrometer. Thomson was awarded the 1906 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the electron and for his work on the conduction of electricity in gases. (Wikipedia)

Pound, Ezra, American poet (1885-1972).Typed letter signed ("Ezra Pound"), with autograph corrections. Rapallo, 19. XII. 1936.. 4to. 1 p.. To the young Rev. Henry Swabey (1916-96): "Can you find out from the bishop of Durham, WHO [inserted in handwriting: it was who] stopped the Church enquiry into the nature of money monopoly, credit and economics. [...] The Archbishop of York did not object. Or at any rate sent me a brief acknowledgement of my compliments rendered [inserted in handwriting: very informally] on that occasion (postage due, I admit, as only a few Englishmen recognize that countries not under English dominion require a different postal rate from the home counties). But still... In the present crisis it matters somewhat whether that stoppage came from the friends and familiars of Mssrs Morgan, Norman etc/ or from the ecclesiastics who have some interest in religion. You as an intending parson have a right to know whether you will be expected to obey yr bishop or something more centralized and mysterious [...]". - At the University of Durham, Swabey had written a thesis on "The Church of England and Usury". He became a vicar in the eastern counties of England and in Canada. In 1935 he had begun his correspondence with Pound about church history and economic matters that continued over many years. He also wrote regularly to Wyndham Lewis. Swabey visiting Rapallo in 1936, was known as a Social Crediter and founded the political journal "Voice". - Pound had in 1924 exchanged Paris for Rapallo, where he became the advocate of Mussolini. He remained in Italy even when the War broke out, making fiercely anti-American and anti-Semitic broadcasts via the EIAR radio station. As many Social Crediters, Pound blamed Judaism for the rule of usury, and also argued that "the big Jew" (whom he identified with international and U.S. capitalism) had caused the War. - Traces of folds. On Pound's Rapallo stationery (watermarked "Paper of Japan"), printed date (with the year of the Fascist calendar) "1937 anno XV" corrected to "19 Dec [193]6".

Lewis, Benjamin.Riding. New York, The Derrydale Press, 1936.. 4to. 141 pp. Publisher's giltstamped red cloth with original dustjacket. In custom-made half calf slipcase with giltstamped spine.. First edition; one of 1250 unnumbered copies. This is one of the very few Derrydales that were issued on slick, coated paper which sets off the hundreds of photographs. Slight edge defects to dustjacket, otherwise perfect. - The Derrydale Press was founded by Eugene V. Connett, III, after his family's beaver hat-making company was liquidated in 1925. He soon became an expert printer, and produced his first publication, Magic Hours, the first book to bear The Derrydale Press imprint (estimate: 20,000-30,000). For the next fourteen years, The Derrydale Press would publish 169 titles, most in limited editions, written by the best sporting authors and illustrated by the best sporting artists of the day. With the outset of World War II, Connett was forced to close the business due to the unavailability of quality materials during wartime and the firm's increasing debts. - Frazier L4a. Siegel 104.